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A matched 15-page benchmark found the new ATKDA site running on primeCRM delivered HTML 9.3x faster on average than the previous WordPress site, with server processing time 10.6x faster.
Case Study

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Case Study: ATKDA Website Performance Report - WordPress vs primeCRM

A matched 15-page benchmark found the new ATKDA site running on primeCRM delivered HTML 9.3x faster on average than the previous WordPress site, with server processing time 10.6x faster.

Organisations using AI to cut headcount are making a short-term trade with long-term consequences. The ones holding their teams together and investing in how those teams operate with AI are building something more durable.
AI Innovation

5 min read

The Companies Cutting Headcount for AI Will Lose to the Ones Who Didn't

Organisations using AI to cut headcount are making a short-term trade with long-term consequences. The ones holding their teams together and investing in how those teams operate with AI are building something more durable.

A year on from incorporation, Libertas Software Research has moved from blank page to real clients, real products, and work worth marking.
One Year of Libertas Software Research

A year on from incorporation, Libertas Software Research has moved from blank page to real clients, real products, and work worth marking.

Multi Agency Incident Management Systems have moved from optional to essential. Explore why traditional approaches fall short and how modern platforms are closing the gap between planning and execution.
Understanding MAIMS: Why Modern Incident Management Systems Are No Longer Optional

Multi Agency Incident Management Systems have moved from optional to essential. Explore why traditional approaches fall short and how modern platforms are closing the gap between planning and execution.

Delaying security involvement creates rework, friction, and delivery risk. Bringing security into design leads to more predictable, resilient outcomes.
Security

4 min read

Security at the End vs Security at the Start: The Decision That Defines Delivery Risk

Delaying security involvement creates rework, friction, and delivery risk. Bringing security into design leads to more predictable, resilient outcomes.

Discover how moving from a legacy WordPress site to PrimeCRM improved lead quality, operational visibility, performance, and security while creating a foundation for scalable growth.
Case Study

6 min read

Case Study: Migrating from WordPress to a Modern Data-Driven Platform

Discover how moving from a legacy WordPress site to PrimeCRM improved lead quality, operational visibility, performance, and security while creating a foundation for scalable growth.

Explore how AI adoption is reshaping the modern workplace, delivering productivity gains while shifting workforce dynamics. Learn how strategic investment and training are key to success.
AI Innovation

5 min read

AI Adoption in the Workplace: A Strategic Shift Toward Productivity and Workforce Evolution

Explore how AI adoption is reshaping the modern workplace, delivering productivity gains while shifting workforce dynamics. Learn how strategic investment and training are key to success.

Keeping to a client’s budget is often misunderstood as an exercise in limiting change, when in reality it is about understanding and controlling it properly as the project evolves.
Software Development :: If You Don’t Control Change, You Don’t Control the Budget

Keeping to a client’s budget is often misunderstood as an exercise in limiting change, when in reality it is about understanding and controlling it properly as the project evolves.

In many organisations software is no longer just a tool used by a few departments. It has quietly become part of the operational foundation of the business. Customer management, reporting, compliance, communication, and internal processes are all increasingly driven by systems that store, process, and distribute information across the organisation. Even companies that do not consider themselves technology companies are now deeply dependent on software.
Why Organisations Eventually Need a Software Research Partner

In many organisations software is no longer just a tool used by a few departments. It has quietly become part of the operational foundation of the business. Customer management, reporting, compliance, communication, and internal processes are all increasingly driven by systems that store, process, and distribute information across the organisation. Even companies that do not consider themselves technology companies are now deeply dependent on software.

What starts as a quick software fix often becomes permanent infrastructure, introducing long-term maintenance, security, and operational risk.
The Hidden Cost of “Quick Software”

What starts as a quick software fix often becomes permanent infrastructure, introducing long-term maintenance, security, and operational risk.

You would not construct a skyscraper without an architect. Yet every day, businesses are building software without architectural oversight, creating systems that are structurally fragile.
You Would Not Build a Skyscraper Without an Architect. Why Build Software Without One?

You would not construct a skyscraper without an architect. Yet every day, businesses are building software without architectural oversight, creating systems that are structurally fragile.

PrimeCRM introduces a new threat detection and mitigation layer, significantly reducing spam and malicious traffic across live sites.
Threat Detection and Mitigation: Strengthening Security in PrimeCRM

PrimeCRM introduces a new threat detection and mitigation layer, significantly reducing spam and malicious traffic across live sites.

We've launched a new single-page website for the International Taekwondo Council, built for clarity today and scalable growth tomorrow, with PrimeCRM powering engagement behind the scenes.
Partnerships

4 min read

New Client Site Launch: International Taekwondo Council

We've launched a new single-page website for the International Taekwondo Council, built for clarity today and scalable growth tomorrow, with PrimeCRM powering engagement behind the scenes.

PrimeCRM was originally built with a clear goal: validate a new approach to website-driven CRM that reduces platform costs while using AI to intelligently generate, manage, and optimise content.
From MVP to Product: Strengthening the Foundations of PrimeCRM

PrimeCRM was originally built with a clear goal: validate a new approach to website-driven CRM that reduces platform costs while using AI to intelligently generate, manage, and optimise content.

This Christmas, we're proud to be this years very first sponsor of empower's Christmas Charity Drive here in Portadown.
Charity

7 min read

Supporting Mental Health This Christmas with empower

This Christmas, we're proud to be this years very first sponsor of empower's Christmas Charity Drive here in Portadown.

Portadown, Northern Ireland – June 16, 2025 – Libertas Software Research Ltd, a leading provider of bespoke software solutions and content management systems, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Newpark Healthcare Ltd,
Partnerships

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Libertas Software Research Ltd and Newpark Healthcare Ltd Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Innovative Software Solutions to the Healthcare Sector

Portadown, Northern Ireland – June 16, 2025 – Libertas Software Research Ltd, a leading provider of bespoke software solutions and content management systems, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Newpark Healthcare Ltd,

It started with something totally routine: catching up on a group chat. The night before, some friends had been deep in conversation—memes, jokes, late‑night hot takes.
Security

5 min read

A Late-Night Catch-Up on WhatsApp Revealed a Troubling Security Flaw

It started with something totally routine: catching up on a group chat. The night before, some friends had been deep in conversation—memes, jokes, late‑night hot takes.

When I started this project and it is still a small codebase, I knew unit testing would be important, but like many developers, I pushed it aside
AI Innovation

5 min read

From 5% to 96% Test Coverage in a Day — Thanks to AI CoPilot

When I started this project and it is still a small codebase, I knew unit testing would be important, but like many developers, I pushed it aside

One notable mistake is that many AI-generated database schemas currently favour using VARCHAR(36) for the id column.
AI Innovation

5 min read

AI and MySQL Databases

One notable mistake is that many AI-generated database schemas currently favour using VARCHAR(36) for the id column.

Developing a new CMS. My Experience with Roo Code, Gemini, and Cursor
AI Innovation

5 min read

How Good Are AIs for helping in my day to day work?

Developing a new CMS. My Experience with Roo Code, Gemini, and Cursor